Accident in Bani leaves 12 dead and 13 injured
A passenger recounts the time of the accident
Diario Libre
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.- Pain and suffering have taken over the community of Galvan, Neyba in Bahoruco province as news of the 12 dead and 13 injured in an accident between a small bus and a freight truck near the Lucas Diaz Bridge on the highway between Bani and San Cristobal reached neighbors. Specifically, the accident took place in the community of Santana.
According to versions of the accident picked up at the scene, it appears that the truck, heading towards the South of the country, slid on the highway, and the small 35 passenger bus that was headed to the capital hit it head on.
Eight bodies were taken to the Nuestra Señora de Regla Hospital in Bani where Andres Santana, the bus driver; Santo Batista Arias, 70; Robinson Peña Sanchez, 32; Luis Jimenez Herasme, 45; Jose Roa, 53; Carmen Nelia Diaz, 68; Vicente Feliz Reyes, 84; and Andrea Castillo Santana, 48, were identified.
In San Cristobal, Teodoro Jimenez, 76, Arturo Pina, a third person, still unidentified, passed away. Mercedes Santana, 60, died at the Dario Contreras Hospital as she was being operated on. The majority of the deaths were from head and chest traumas.
At the same time, the wounded are: Elpidio Feliz Gonzalez, Hortensia Batista, Rogelin Luciano Cuevas, Domingo Cueva, Victor Vargas, Angel Mendez Peña, Eduviges Peña, Nery Gonzlez Noboa, a sergeant in the National Police, and the brothers Edward Roa Cuevas, Kenly, Leo, Jose Luis Cuevas and Manuel Emilio. A huge traffic jam occurred at the scene of the accident as a result of the clutter from the accident itself and the rubber-necking of passers-by who wanted to see what was going on.
The accident victims were assisted by local Civil Defense workers, the Fire Department and neighbors.
-One passenger's version
Kenly Roa Cuevas, confined to a bed in the Dario Contreras Hospital, narrated that the truck slid right in front of the bus, causing the accident. "My father died in the accident. My brothers are injured", he said.
Eight of the injured are in the Dario Contreras Hospital and one is in the Plaza de la Salud.
According to versions of the accident picked up at the scene, it appears that the truck, heading towards the South of the country, slid on the highway, and the small 35 passenger bus that was headed to the capital hit it head on.
Eight bodies were taken to the Nuestra Señora de Regla Hospital in Bani where Andres Santana, the bus driver; Santo Batista Arias, 70; Robinson Peña Sanchez, 32; Luis Jimenez Herasme, 45; Jose Roa, 53; Carmen Nelia Diaz, 68; Vicente Feliz Reyes, 84; and Andrea Castillo Santana, 48, were identified.
In San Cristobal, Teodoro Jimenez, 76, Arturo Pina, a third person, still unidentified, passed away. Mercedes Santana, 60, died at the Dario Contreras Hospital as she was being operated on. The majority of the deaths were from head and chest traumas.
At the same time, the wounded are: Elpidio Feliz Gonzalez, Hortensia Batista, Rogelin Luciano Cuevas, Domingo Cueva, Victor Vargas, Angel Mendez Peña, Eduviges Peña, Nery Gonzlez Noboa, a sergeant in the National Police, and the brothers Edward Roa Cuevas, Kenly, Leo, Jose Luis Cuevas and Manuel Emilio. A huge traffic jam occurred at the scene of the accident as a result of the clutter from the accident itself and the rubber-necking of passers-by who wanted to see what was going on.
The accident victims were assisted by local Civil Defense workers, the Fire Department and neighbors.
-One passenger's version
Kenly Roa Cuevas, confined to a bed in the Dario Contreras Hospital, narrated that the truck slid right in front of the bus, causing the accident. "My father died in the accident. My brothers are injured", he said.
Eight of the injured are in the Dario Contreras Hospital and one is in the Plaza de la Salud.
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